This is the 4 th edition of a book which was originally initiated as a supplement to a postgraduate refresher course in radiation oncology held at the University of Minnesota. This program was instituted in 1970 and ended 25 years later.
The last few years have seen great changes in surgical postgraduate examinations. The ‘old style’ FRCS of the Royal Colleges has been replaced by the MRCS. The FRCS (Gen) is now awarded as a Diploma after an exit examination, on completion of higher surgical training.
New technologies have greatly changed radiation therapy in the last decade or so. As a result, clinical practice in the new millennium is a mixture of standard radiation therapy and special procedures based on current developments in imaging technology, treatment planning, and treatment delivery.
Conformal and Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy—Why and How?
Scientific rationale
Whilst drug development plays an important but expensive role in the treatment of some cancers, it is estimated that, at a time when 2% of patients are cured by drugs, some 30% are cured by a combination of surgery and radiotherapy.
